Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-08-10
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| has beer received OF hlooe
tragedy. 1t occurred last night about
- miles from here in this county. The
report says that Captain Richard
voolfolk. a we'll known farmer, his
| wife. four children and Mrs. West an
aunt of Mrs. Voolfolk, were found
murdered in their houses this morning
having been knocked in the head and
| their threats cut. Tom G.. Voolfolk,
a son of Captain Voolfolk by his first
wife, is suspected Of the crime and
was arrested. The Deputy Sheriff
and Coroner have gone out to the
scene of the murder. Owing to the
distance from the city the full partlcu-
lar are not easily obtainable.
Letter and fuller details from the
scene of the Voolfolk tragedy develop
| the facts that there were nine victims
instead OF seven as at first reported.
Captain and Mrs. Voolfolk, their Blk
| children. ranging in ages from 16
months to 20 wears, and Mrs. West an
| aunt Mrs. Voolfolk, aged go. The
| Coroner's jury found a verdict OF MUIR
| der against Thomas q. Voolfolk, the
son Of the Captains first wife, who
was sleeping in the house. His state
ment was that some time before day
break he was aroused by groans and
| sounds of blows proceeding from his
parents room. His half brother Rich
ard, ran into the o which adjoined
his, thinking that murder was be-
ing committed he (Thomas) jumped
from the window in his might clothes
| and bare feet and ran to the house OF a
negro, three or four hundred yards
distant, to get them to rou the
neighborhood. He says he was afraid
to return, fearing that he himself
would be murdered, but went back
after half an hour. No help had ar
rived, and he went in to see if the
family had been murdered. He found
them all dead. He stepped in a pool
of blood in passing and left footprints
on the floor. He found his step
mother lying SO that her head was on
the floor and her body in bed. He
raised her up and placed her On the
bed. He then changed his clothes.
By this time a crowd had arrived and
soon after he was taken into custody.
All evidence before the jury was cir
cumstantial throughout. The crowd
continued to grow in size, and indi-
cations pointed strongly to lynching.
Sheriff Wescott told the jury to with
hold their verdict until he could get
away, and then making all arrange
ments slipped Voolfolk out of the
house in a hurry and drove away so
rapidly that the crowd had hardly
time to realize his departure. The
prisoner was brought to Macon and
safely lodged in Jail, where he talked
of the crime coolly, but made no adj
missions. His motive is said to be
a desire to gain possession of his
fathers property for himself and two
sisters, children of the first wife.
Nevada's Little Girl Baby.
New York, Aug. 8.--The Mail and
Express London letter thus describes
Emma Nevada's London home
Banks of flowers, a smooth, green
lawn, plenty of light and air through
big bow windows, rough stone walls
covered with vines, and the whole
shut in from the vulgar world by trees
and shrubbery. Such is the spot
which the Western song bird has
chosen for her nest. There is where
Emma Nevada-P Palmer lives with hei
husband and her baby. The impress.
sible correspondent says that Nevada
looked SO winning and SO girlish that
you feel like saying to her: "Oh, you
cunning little thing!" and it is sim
ply ridiculous when she begins talking
about her baby, at least it would be
ridiculous were it not SO touching.
She was speaking of a probable CONT
mental tour the coming Fall, and
asked her if she would take her little
girl with her.
"Will I take her ? Well, I should
think l would. My manager asked
me that same question a While ago. l
told him that if he left baby behind
he would have to leave me too. Oh
you men don't know what it is to be
a mother"
The correspondent was obliged to
admit q certain amount of masculine
ignorance on the subject, and pro-
ceeded to inquire as to the baby's mu-
steal proclivities.
"I'l tell you a curious thing about
that" she said. Whenever I sing
the baby sets up such a determined
opposition that she has to be taken
from the room, and yet the singing OF
any one else has no effect on her at
all. We have not yet decided whether
she wishes in this way to indicate
her approval or the contrary"
Perhaps" the correspondent sug-
gested, " she is arranging for a future
operate career herself and is already
beginning to feel the professional jeal-
ousy."
cob! this really is too bad of you,"
Nevada replied, laughing; "but, seri-
ously, if she should develop any mu-
steal talent, | should not hesitate for a
moment to let her go on the stage"